Hanger for cushioning devices.



F. O. KILG HA'N ,FOR GUSHIO G DEVICES; AP CATION FILED JAN; 10, 1910.

994,007, Patented May 30, 1911.

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U11 s'ra FREDERICK O. KILGORE, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TOKILGORE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATIONOF MAINE.

HANGER FOR CUSHIONING DEVICES.

Application filed January 10, 1910.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, FREDERICK O. KIL- GORE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Somerville, county of Middlesex, and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Hangers for CushioningDevices, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

This invention relates to a hanger especially designed and adapted to beused as a support for cushioning devices employed on automobiles toabsorb the shock occasioned by the vehicle riding over rough roads.

The present invention has for its object to provide a simple andefficient hanger, which enables the cushioning device to be adjustedafter it has been applied to the car and without detaching the hangerfrom the cushioning device. Provision is also made for firmly securingthe hanger in its adjusted position as will be described. These andother features of this invention will be pointed out in the claim at theend of this specification.

Figure 1 represents in elevation and section a sufficient portion of anautomobile and a cushioning device attached thereto by a hangerembodying this invention to enable it to be understood. Fig. 2, a sideelevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1, looking toward the left, thecushioning device being omitted. Fig. 3, a detail on an enlarged scaleof the hanger shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5, details to be referred to,and Figs. 6 and 7, modifications to be referred to.

Referring to the drawings, arepresents an axle of the automobile orother vehicle; 6, a supporting spring for the body of the vehicle; andc, d, the cylindrical members of a cushioning device, which may be suchas shown and described in U. S. Patents No. 889,619 and No. 923,858granted to me June 2, 1908, and June 8, 1909 respectively.

The member 65 of the cushioning device is suitably connected with thecar body, and the member 0 is connected with the axle a by a hangerembodying this invention and comprising a supporting member and a socketmember into which the supporting memher is extended and secured therein.

The supporting member is herein shown as a substantially straight rod 10provided at its lower end with an arm 12 extended Specification ofLetters Patent.

Serial No. 537,162.

substantially at right angles to the rod 10. The arm 12 is provided asherein shown with a collar or flange 13 and a reduced end portion 14upon which the member 0 of the cushioning device is placed (see Fig. 1)and is retained thereon by a cap 16 secured by a cotter pin, not shown,or otherwise.

The socket member comprises a boss 20 having an opening 21 extendedthrough it and constituting a socket for the reception of the rod 10.The boss 20 is secured to or forms part of a back piece 22, which may becurved or substantially semi-circular in shape to conform to the axle aand is provided with ears 23, which cooperate with the ears 24: on ayoke or clip 25 and are fastened thereto by bolts 26, which serve tosecure the socket member in fixed relation to the axle a. The rod 10 iscapable of longitudinal and rotary movement in the socket or hollow boss20, and provision is made for securing the said rod in fixed relation tosaid hollow boss or socket member. This result may and preferably willbe accomplished as herein shown, by means of nuts 30, 31, which engagescrew-threads 32 on the rod 10 at the opposite ends of the socketmember, said nuts being provided with longitudinally extended slots 33and tapered exterior end portions 34, which cooperate withcorrespondingly tapered seats 35 in the opposite ends of the hollowboss. The interior of the hollow boss or socket member is leftunthreaded, so that the rod 10 may be bodily moved longitudinally insaid hollow boss substantially in an instant to effect verticaladjustment of the supporting member or hanger proper, and thereby effectvertical adjustment of the member a of the cushioning device withoutdetaching the hanger from the cushion, and when said hanger is properlypositioned, it may be secured in this position by turning up the nuts30, 31, against the ends of the socket member of the hanger. The splittapered nuts are contracted by the tapered end walls 35 of the socket oropening 21 and are caused to firmly grip the threaded hanger and thuspractically lock it in its adjusted position.

The hanger before it is locked in fixed relation to the socket member iscapable of turning in its socket so as to properly aline the two membersof the cushioning device, or so as to clear an obstruction if any shouldexist.

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It will be observed that the rotary and longitudinal adjustments of thehanger may be effected Without detaching the hanger from the cushioningdevice and after the latter has been attached to the vehicle, which is avery desirable feature.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the socket member is shown as provided with acurved back piece to fit a circular axle, but it is not desired to limitthe invention in this respect, as the back piece may be of other shapesto conform to other shapes of axles or other parts of the vehicle.

In Figs. 6 and 7, the axle a is shown as an I-beam in cross-section andthe back piece 22 of the socket member is shown as a plate, which issecured to the I-beam axle by yokes or clips l0 and nuts 41.

I may prefer to use the tapered split nuts 30, 81, but the ordinary nutsmay be used to good advantage.

It is not desired to limit the invention to a threaded rod extendedthrough said hollow boss and having an arm extended at an angle to saidrod, split nuts to engage said threaded rod at opposite ends of saidboss and having exteriorly tapered ends which cooperate with the taperedseats of said boss, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK O. KILGORE.

Witnesses.

JAS. H. CHURCHILL, J. MURPHY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

